August 2021 From the Canon Precentor It was all going so well! We had plans for four ordination services, valedictions, a celebratory BBQ and more, until sadly the number of musicians having to self-isolate increased and we had to end the choir term prematurely. We are incredibly grateful to Mike, one of our Choral Scholars, who was the only adult able to sing for the first two ordination services. He found out he would be singing alone with the girls an hour before the first service and he coped admirably, with most of those present remaining unaware of the drama unfolding behind the scenes. Mark Lee and Paul Walton responded to this unprecedented situation with equanimity and flexibility, for which we thank them wholeheartedly.
On a very positive note, whilst Covid precautions are being maintained in the Cathedral, we have been able to re-introduce congregational singing over the past couple of weeks and we are looking forward to welcoming visiting choirs over most of the summer weekends. As you’ll see from this Music List, the hymns we’ve chosen are well-known but fairly low-key and they won’t be sung at full volume. We’re hoping to increase from two to three hymns on Sunday mornings in the near future.
The Museum of the Moon exhibition will be in Bristol Cathedral for the second half of this month and several musical events are planned which will tie in with the lunar theme. Do have a look at our website (bristol-cathedral.co.uk/moon) if you’re interested in coming along to a concert, as tickets are going fast.
The Cathedral Choir is on holiday until September and after a year like no other we hope this month will be a time of well-earned rest and relaxation, not only for all our musicians but also for the hard-working parents and carers of the choristers, to whom we owe so much.
The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Canon Precentor
Dean of Bristol The Very Revd Dr Mandy Ford Canon Precentor The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Master of the Choristers and Organist Mark Lee For more information, please contact the Music Administrator Tim Popple [email protected] 0117 926 4879 The cover photo is one of the windows in the South Quire Aisle, a view particularly beloved by Glynn Usher, our Head Verger, who is leaving the Cathedral at the end of this month, after 16 years’ service, to become Sacristan at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. 2 bristol-cathedral.co.uk COVID-19 Guidance While we gradually return to choral worship, the quire remains open to the choir only. We ask that all congregants continue to wear face-coverings while moving around the building, unless exempt. We ask congregation members who wish to sing hymns to remain masked while doing so. ADVANCE BOOKING FOR SERVICES Seats at Sunday services, can be booked at our EventBrite page: tinyurl.com/cathedralbooking. INFORMATION Bible Translation The Cathedral uses the NRSV Anglicised Edition translation of the bible for all services except BCP Holy Communion on Sundays. Reading selections are taken from the Common Worship Lectionary, with Evensong readings taken from the Pillar Lectionary. Choir Unless otherwise specified, all choral services are sung by the Cathedral Choir. Communion If it is your custom to receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive here, whatever denomination you are. We are currently receiving in one kind only during the pandemic. Feast Days Key On each day there is an indication of whether it is a day of significance. The different significances are indicated as follows: Feria (no commemoration or otherwise) Commemoration Lesser Festival Festival PRINCIPAL FEAST For Festivals and Principal Feasts, (and the evening service the day before) the altar colours will reflect the occasion, and Festal Responses are said or sung at the close of the evening service. Hymns It is now permissible for congregation members to join in with singing. If you wish to do so we kindly ask you keep your mask on while singing. Thank you. Incense On some feast days, incense is used during the service. This is indicated by the † symbol. Live-Streaming Our Sunday morning services, weekday Morning Prayer, and some special services will be live-streamed on our social media channels. These services are indicated with this symbol . Photography and Recording No photography or recording of any other kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter. Psalms The traditional BCP Coverdale translation is used at Evening Prayer and Evensong. Common Worship translation is used at all other services. Congregation sit for the psalms, standing for “Glory be to the Father…” at the end of the last psalm. Service Length Said Morning Prayer lasts approximately 20 minutes. Said Lunchtime Eucharist lasts approximately 30 minutes. Evensong lasts around 40 minutes; Evening Prayer around 20 minutes. Eucharist on a Sunday lasts around one hour. On a Sunday, Evensong lasts around one hour, incorporating a sermon.
3 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 1 August Choir in Residence 9th Sunday after Trinity The Cecilia Singers
7.40am Morning Prayer NAVE 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) NAVE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Advanced booking required Preacher The Dean Setting Kitson in d Motet Ave verum corpus – Mawby Hymns Entrance 345 Vulpius (Gelobt sei Gott) Offertory 296 St Helen 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG NAVE Preacher The Revd Sarah Evans, Cathedral Chaplain Responses Ayleward Psalm 88 Canticles Noble in b Anthem Save us O Lord – Bairstow Hymns 248 Strength and Stay; 252 St Clement
Monday 2 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalms 12, 13
Tuesday 3 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 18.1-27
4 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 4 August Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 22
Thursday 5 August Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of the Transfiguration of Our Lord NAVE Psalms 99, 110
Friday 6 August The Transfiguration of Our Lord
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 72
Saturday 7 August John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 37.1-20
5 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 8 August 10th Sunday after Trinity
7.40am Morning Prayer NAVE 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) NAVE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST sung by a Quartet NAVE Advanced booking required Preacher Canon Martin Gainsborough Setting Mass for Four Voices –Tallis Motet O admirabile commertium – Byrd Hymns Entrance 271 Hyfrydol Offertory 295 Picardy Voluntary Prelude in c BWV 546i – J. S. Bach 3.30pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 91 Preacher The Revd Lydia Morey
Monday 9 August Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalms 47, 48
Tuesday 10 August Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalms 53, 54
6 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 11 August Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 59
Thursday 12 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 65
Friday 13 August Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 69 (omit 23-29)
Saturday 14 August Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 3.30pm First Evening Prayer of the Blessed Virgin Mary NAVE Psalm 72
7 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 15 August Choir in Residence The Blessed Virgin Mary Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir
7.40am Morning Prayer NAVE 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) NAVE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Advanced booking required Preacher The Revd Sarah Evans, Cathedral Chaplain Setting Ireland in C Motet Ave Maria à 4 – Victoria Hymns Entrance 188 (omit *) Daily, Daily Offertory 186 Woodlands 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG NAVE Preacher The Dean Responses Ayleward Psalm 132 Canticles Brewer in D Anthem O thou the central orb – Wood Hymns 184 Richmond [346]; 185 Abbot’s Leigh 6.00pm CELESTIAL PRAISE NAVE Advanced booking required Worship under the Moon, with music from Woodlands worship band
Monday 16 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalms 82, 83
Tuesday 17 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 89.1-30
8 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 18 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 93
Thursday 19 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalms 98, 99
Friday 20 August Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 104.1-23
Saturday 21 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 106.1-27
9 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 22 August Choir in Residence 12th Sunday after Trinity Christ Church, Southgate
7.40am Morning Prayer NAVE 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) NAVE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Advanced booking required Preacher The Revd Minty Hull, Chaplain for Spirituality Setting Missa Brevis in D – Mozart Motet Let all mortal flesh keep silence – Bairstow Hymns Entrance 473 (omit *) Laudes Domini Offertory 339 Slane Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in C (BWV 545) – J. S. Bach 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG NAVE with the Installation of the Revd Jonnie Parkin as Canon Missioner Advanced booking required Special Order of Service Preacher The Dean Introit A Prayer of Henry VI – Ley Responses Rose Psalm 116 Canticles Collegium Regale – Howells Anthem Te Deum in B flat – Stanford Hymns 376 Kingsfold; Be Still Voluntary Symphony No. 1 (Finale) – Vierne
Monday 23 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of Bartholomew the Apostle NAVE Psalm 97
Tuesday 24 August Bartholomew the Apostle
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalms 91, 116
10 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 25 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 119.73-88
Thursday 26 August Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 119.145-160
Friday 27 August Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith NAVE Psalm 130
Saturday 28 August Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 118
11 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 29 August Choir in Residence 13th Sunday after Trinity Cirencester Parish Church Choir
7.40am Morning Prayer NAVE 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) NAVE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE with farewell to the Head Verger and Sub Sacrist Advanced booking required Preacher The Dean Setting Festive Eucharist – Rawsthorne Motet Salve Regina – Poulenc Hymns Entrance 208 St Catherine’s Court Offertory 295 Picardy Voluntary Symphony No. 1 (Finale) – Vierne 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG NAVE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Responses Sanders Psalm 119.1-16 Canticles Dyson in D Anthem How lovely are the messengers – Mendelssohn Hymns 182 Farley Castle; 360 Shipston Voluntary Toccata – Dubois
Monday 30 August John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 147, 148
Tuesday 31 August Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalms 149, 150
12 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 1 September Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalms 7, 8
Thursday 2 September Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 14
Friday 3 September Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist EASTERN LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 18.28-51
Saturday 4 September Feria
8.30am Morning Prayer NAVE 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 3.30pm Evening Prayer NAVE Psalm 23
13 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Bristol Cathedral Choir There has probably been a choir singing in Bristol Cathedral since its days as an Augustinian abbey church, founded in 1140. When, in 1542, it became the cathedral church of the new diocese of Bristol, its new statutes still provided for cathedral life in terms of worship, community and education; of the praises of God sung with perpetual jubilation, of the common table, of the masters of the choristers and of the Cathedral Grammar School. The passing of the centuries has modified but not destroyed the pattern. The choir consists of 28 choristers (14 boys and 14 girls), all of whom are educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School - occupying the former Augustinian refectory, and magnificent new buildings. These are supported by incentives endowed by the Bristol Cathedral Choral Foundation. There are also probationary choristers who fulfil a part timetable and attend other schools in the city, 6 Lay Clerks, and 4 Choral Scholars. Together, with the voluntary Consort, Choral Evensong is sung 6 times a week in the Cathedral in term time. The Choir enjoys a busy and challenging timetable, and highlights have included singing at the Royal Maundy Service in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, tours to France, Italy, Germany, Poland, and the USA (New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island). Recent events have included singing live on BBC One on Christmas Day 2016. The Choir also broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3. Cathedral Consort The Cathedral Consort was launched in 2009. It is a choir which not only enhances the worship of the Cathedral, but also provides an opportunity for young people to develop their singing skills to a professional standard. They also enjoy the social side of being part of such a close knit team. The Consort is open to membership from across the city from 11 to 19. It rehearses weekly and usually sings Choral Evensong twice a month. It also collaborates with other choirs in the Cathedral, such as Bristol Cathedral Concert Choir, to perform concerts of large scale works with orchestral accompaniment. The experience offered is particularly valuable to those who wish to apply for choral scholarships at universities like Oxford and Cambridge. The girls of the Consort have been an important part of the Cathedral’s musical life since 1993. In May 2002, as part of Bristol Cathedral Festival, they sang with the internationally renowned soprano Emma Kirkby, at which time she agreed to become Patron of the Choir. The Cathedral Consort has toured most recently to Toulouse, performing in St Sernin, the Temple Du Salin, and previously have been on tour to Belgium included performances at Brussels and Antwerp Cathedrals, Ireland including performances at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. If you are interested in joining the Cathedral Consort, please contact Paul Walton [email protected]
14 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Choral Scholarships There are currently vacancies for Bass and Alto Choral Scholars from September 2021. There are places for up to four Choral Scholars in the Bristol Cathedral Choir at any one time. These will generally be two basses, a tenor, and an alto. The alto Choral Scholarship is open to anyone, regardless of gender. They will be expected to sing one weekday service (currently Monday) and at the weekend. They will be of a very high standard, both vocally and in terms of reading, but will not be expected to sing without the support of the professional Lay Clerks. There may be opportunities to deputise for absent Lay Clerks for extra remuneration, but this will only be with the agreement of the Master of the Choristers who will assess their proficiency for such an undertaking. Choir terms are:
Michaelmas: The first weekend after the beginning of the Bristol Cathedral School term in September until Christmas Day Lent: The weekend of Epiphany until Easter Day Trinity: The beginning of the choir term until the Sunday after the end of the Bristol Cathedral Choir School term. The Choral Scholarships can be held in conjunction with a degree course at either Bristol University or UWE, though this is not an essential requirement. It would be our hope that an undergraduate Choral Scholar would be in post for three years, though the Scholarship would be reviewed annually. Music is an integral part of Bristol Cathedral's life and mission. Evensong is sung on most days at 5.15pm (on Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm). The Cathedral Eucharist is sung each Sunday Morning. In addition there are a number of special services throughout the year as well as the important church festivals and feasts.
15 bristol-cathedral.co.uk About the Cathedral The original foundation on this site was an abbey established in 1140. It was built just outside the original walls of Bristol on high ground overlooking the river. The new monastery was dedicated to St Augustine of Canterbury, but followed the rule of Augustine of Hippo, a Bishop from North Africa who established communities in which priests lived an ordered life, but one that was not detached from the needs of local people. The architecture of the building was initially characterised by a particularly elaborate variety of the Romanesque style, with rounded arches and rich carvings that can still be seen in the Chapter House. However between the 13th and early 16th centuries a sequence of rebuilding projects transformed the church into a Gothic one, with its familiar pointed arches. The most important of these was the unique and beautiful ‘hall church’ east end begun in 1298. The nave of the church was in the middle of being rebuilt just when Henry VIII dissolved the country’s monasteries and confiscated their assets. However Bristol was an important place – England’s second city – and in 1542 the truncated building, its building works abandoned, was designated the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol. The people of Bristol themselves funded the rebuilding of the nave, from 1868. Like many other institutions in Bristol, these donations would have been substantially built on the legacy of trade in sugar, tobacco and cotton, which until earlier in the century had depended on the labour of enslaved Africans. Monuments to the aristocrats and traders of Bristol are all around you, but also notice the stained glass windows commemorating the sacrifice of ordinary volunteers during the Second World War, and remember the many unnamed artisans and craftspeople who shaped this building, and ordinary citizens buried in its vaults. Cathedrals are places of prayer and welcome for everyone, and we seek to be a place of welcome for all, to be here for the people of Bristol and beyond.
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